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SECTION D.—HOUSING.
The following information is given in connection with overcrowding,
rehousing and new houses erected:—
Housing Act, 1936, Part IV; Housing Act, 1957, Part IV—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the Department to
be overcrowded at the end of the year 59
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 64
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 306
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 14
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have
been relieved during the year 12
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 58
(d) Number of cases in which dwelling houses have again
become overcrowded after the Local Authority have
taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
Rehousing.
I am indebted to the Housing Manager for the following information
regarding rehousing in Wimbledon. These figures relate to the
position at 31st December, 1957:—
Number of houses requisitioned since the beginning of
the war and still held under requisition 232
Number of prefabricated bungalows provided since the
end of the war 71
Number of families rehoused by the Council or by
private owners at the Council's instigation since the
beginning of the war 2,206
Number of live applications on the housing waiting list 957
New houses erected, etc.
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the
following information:—
Number of new houses and flats erected in Wimbledon in 1957 :
Private enterprise 44
Local authority 38
Number of flats created by conversion in 1957:
Private enterprise 25
Local authority Nil
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